Mixing iconic choral works with music by some of today’s most exciting composers, this varied programme is centred around themes of rest. Joel Thompson’s virtuosic new work is a particular highlight: written for 15 vocal parts, A Prayer for Deliverance (2021) perfectly showcases Tenebrae’s core values of passion and precision. The second half features Herbert Howells’ Requiem – surely one of the most moving works in the English choral repertoire.

Programme

Holst – The Evening Watch
McDowell – Standing as I do before God
Pott – The Souls of the Righteous
Shaw – and the swallow
Bennett – A Good-Night
Vaughan Williams – Rest
Thompson – A Prayer for Deliverance
Tavener – Song for Athene
Vaughan Williams – Valiant for Truth
Pearsall – Lay a Garland
Sullivan – The Long Day Closes
Howells – Requiem
Harris – Bring Us, O Lord

Artist Information

Tenebrae
Nigel Short: Artistic Director

Artist(s)